http://www.netskills.ac.uk The latest news items about Schools from the Netskills web site. en-UK http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss web@netskills.ac.uk 1440 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/site/img/logos/netskills-bannerlogo.png http://www.netskills.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article212.html We've released our public workshop programme for the months of August, September and October. lisa.vincent@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article212.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article210.html This year Netskills has helped over 120 institutions make the transition to the UK Access Management Federation by showing them how to act as an Identity Provider for their users, thereby securing access to the online resources they are licensed to use. chris.young@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article210.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article205.html The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) asked us to help them make better use of web technologies to support their events. So two of our ex-scientists, Steve Boneham and Will Allen, dusted off their lab coats and showed them what the web can offer. s.p.boneham@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article205.html Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article196.html An independent review of Netskills has judged us to be excellent according to all quality indicators. r.s.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article196.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article193.html The issue of plagiarism in schools is regularly in the news - "Teachers voice plagiarism fears" said the BBC when reporting the results of a recent survey conducted by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. But what is the reality behind the headlines? And what approach should staff in schools take to tackle the problem? helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article193.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article195.html During the last three years Netskills has trained staff from over 200 higher education organisations and more than 320 FE colleges. r.s.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article195.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article182.html Netskills has secured funding to deliver two projects relating to information literacy in secondary schools. helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article182.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article124.html Helen Conroy and Lucy Keating recently presented findings from two Netskills information literacy projects at LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference) in Manchester. lucy.keating@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article124.html Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article113.html Netskills trainer Helen Conroy returned to the classroom in January, but nowadays she's the teacher! w.h.a.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article113.html Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article94.html Netskills has published the findings of a research project exploring school teachers' information skills. helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article94.html Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000